[Menvi-discuss] Learning Print Music

[Kaiti Shelton]

Thank you, Debra.  I just read the entire thread of messages and will
look into the titles you suggested.  They sound like exactly what I'm
looking for.
And Julie, thanks for the board suggestion.  I sort of was thinking of
something along those lines a few days ago but wasn't sure how to go
about either finding or making one.

I'm hoping that eventually my teacher will see that I have a good
understanding of key signatures and that the placement of sharps or
flats at the beginning of a staff really has not a whole lot of
relevance to braille music in general, but until then these
suggestions sound like they'll do the trick.

Thanks.


On 9/7/11, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have told my teacher the basic differences between braille and print
> music.  I have even gone as far as to say phrases such as, "I'm never
> going to have to physically read or write key signatures or music at
> all for that matter in print," and "The way the braille system works,
> the symbols take care of everything the staff does, just in a
> different way."  I have also explained to him that Braille music is
> read on a single line without staff lines and spaces.  I even tried to
> justify using Lime to notate key signatures for me by pointing out
> that just as the sighted students need to know how a staff and the
> musical symbols look visually, I need to know other things that the
> sighted students do not such as octave markings and symbols only found
> in the braille music code.  However, the music department at my school
> justified this decision by pointing out that none of the other kids
> can make markings with a few clicks, and that if I'm ever in a
> teaching position, which is what I want to do someday, I'll need to
> know the structure of the staff in order to teach any sighted music
> students I may have.  In the end, the point of taking this class now
> is to prepare me for college theory, and though I don't fully agree
> with this decision myself, I figure it's better to be over-prepared
> and know something I may have to use in the future, even if it's only
> on rare occasions.  That being said, I hope I didn't come off as
> defensive because that was not how I was intending to sound, nor was I
> defending the decision of my school music department because I think
> that in some ways the print-music readers have their own advantages,
> but any materials that you know of that relate to this issue would be
> very useful and much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On 9/7/11, Debra Baxley <debrabaxley at att.net> wrote:
>> These books can be borrowed from the Library of Congress:  Piano Lessons,
>> Level 1, and Piano Lessons, Level 3 has some embossed print music in it.
>> Also, try Note Speller Level 1.  All of these books are by the Bastiens;
>> they are In contracted Braille.
>>
>> Debra
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org
>> [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces at menvi.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 4:21 PM
>> To: menvi-discuss at menvi.org
>> Subject: [Menvi-discuss] Learning Print Music
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am currently taking my high school's theory course.  Last week my
>> instructor noticed that by using Lime to notate key signatures the
>> computer was doing the work for me.  (We were taking a quiz on writing
>> key signatures and my sighted classmates were held accountable for the
>> correct positioning of the accidentals on the staves).  To be fair to
>> the other students in the class, my teacher decided that from now on
>> he wants me to write out key signatures in a word document, with the
>> number of sharps or flats and their placement on the staff.  However,
>> having never read print music before I obviously don't know where the
>> accidentals should go.  If anyone could point me in the direction of
>> some tactile, braille, or text resources on the subject it would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>>   P.S. If anyone knows of text resources that would explain any rules
>> about key signature placement for different staves that would be great
>> too, as we are using tenor, alto, and bass on a frequent basis
>> already.
>> Thanks.
>> --
>> Kaiti
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Kaiti